By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from May 11-15, 2022.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Hizballah continues to exploit the private sector and commercial activity to fund its illicit and destabilizing activities. The United States is committed to protecting the international financial system from Hizballah’s abuses and to supporting legitimate businesses in Lebanon, Iraq, and the broader ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: For nearly 12 weeks, Russia has waged its unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, and its people. Beaten back from its failed attempt to seize Kyiv, Russia continues a grinding offensive across Ukraine’s south and east. Ukraine’s courageous defense forces ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Armed Services Committee on May 19.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Davos May 21-24 to engage global leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on private sector climate action including shipping decarbonization, ocean stewardship, energy security, and long-term sustainable growth. Secretary Kerry ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman met today in Washington with a Zambian government delegation that included Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo, Secretary of the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa, and interim National Security Advisor Lawrence Mwananyanda. The Deputy ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 23.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) will hold a virtual public meeting Wednesday, June 1, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., to preview the April 2022 ACPD special report, Exploring U.S. Public Diplomacy’s Domestic Dimensions: Purviews, Publics, and Policies. The meeting will feature a panel of municipal diplomacy professionals who will discuss the relationship between city diplomacy and domestic public diplomacy.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Republic of Cameroon as you mark National Day on May 20. The United States looks forward to continued cooperation with Cameroon to create a more peaceful, healthy, and prosperous future.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I would like to extend congratulations on the 20th anniversary of Timor-Leste’s Restoration of Independence. The Timorese people have much to be proud of in their nation’s young history, ensuring remarkable levels of freedoms – of political choice, of the press, ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne A. Witkowsky, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack, and Bureau of International Organization Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Allison Lombardo will travel to The Hague, the Netherlands, from May 22 to 25, 2022.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today in New York City with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss President Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine and its devastating effects on global food security. They discussed the Secretary-General’s ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on May 19.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: Today, the Department of State is announcing the revocation of five Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Aum Shinrikyo, Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, Kahane Chai, and Gama’a al-Islamiyya.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Liz, thank you. Thank you for those truly overly generous words. But the one part of that that’s true is that we’ve had a relationship going back many, many years (inaudible). It’s something that I’ve had the opportunity to be involved in over many years now. And I have to tell you ...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: Ladies and gentlemen, my guest tonight has worked in government for nearly 30 years and currently serves as our 71st Secretary of State. Please welcome Secretary Antony Blinken. (Applause.) Thank you for being here. I don’t take this lightly. You don’t get a secretary of state on a late-night show every day. (Cheers.) Have you done many of these? SECRETARY BLINKEN: This is the first one.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: Thank you, Your Excellency. Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, good morning.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Republic of Cameroon as you mark National Day on May 20. The United States looks forward to continued cooperation with Cameroon to create a more peaceful, healthy, and prosperous future.
